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CONTENTS. 
CHAPrER XI. 
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Navigation of the Pack.— Conning Ship-^-Heavel— Warp'.— Track!— Haul' 78 
CHAPTER XH. 
Devil's Thumb. — Seals. — Birds. — Boring the Pack. — A Bear Hunt. — Fast ! 
— Planting Ice-anchors S5 
CHAPTER XIII. 
The Ice. — Snow-covered. — Water-sodden. — Honey-combed. — Tough. — 
Red Ice. — Currents. — Under Currents. — Effects of 96 
CHAPTER XIV. 
Melville Bay. — Glaciers. — Race with an Iceberg. — Berg splitting 100 
CHAPTER XV. 
Opposite Duneira Bay. — Glaciers. — Height of Bergs. — Deceptions of Fog. 
— Formation and Forms of Bergs. — Birds 107 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Bear Hunt. — Warm Fog. — Hummocking. — A Pinch. — Crustacea and Birds 1 18 
CHAPTER XVII. 
Refraction. — The Arctic Cuisine. — Glaciers. — x\dvantages of Steamers.-— 
Esquimaux. — Frozen Families near Cape York 126 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
The Crimson Cliffs of Beverly. — Bessie's Cove. — Glacier Formation. — 
Red Snow. — Atmospheric Transfers 1C4 
CHAPTER XIX. 
Arctic Highlands. — Florula. — Moss Beds. — Auks' Nests. — Trapping Auks. 
—A Black Fox.—" Good-by to Bafiin."— Continuous Daylight 141 
CHAPTER XX. 
Entering Lancaster Sound. — Penny's Squadron. — Sir John Ross and the 
Felix. — The Prince Albert. — Cape Riley. — Traces of Sir John Franklin : 
his Encampment 151 
CHAPTER XXI. 
Visit to the Encampment. — Beechy Island. — Discovery of the Graves. — 
Description of them. — Conclusions : and Conjecture as to Franklin's 
Course 161 
CHAPTER XXII. 
United Searching Squadrons. — Visits.- — Ice drifting.— My first Bear. — Bar- 
low's Inlet. — Cornwallis Island.— Hummocks and Break-up. — Cold in- 
creasing. — Rendezvous of Union Bay 170 
